The survival horror video games series Silent Hill features a large cast of characters. The games' player characters are "everymen", in contrast to action-oriented survival horror video game series featuring combat-trained player characters, such as Resident Evil. The games are set in the series' eponymous fictional American town. Characters went through several different conceptual phases prior to settling on their final designs seen in the games they first appeared in. The physical appearances of characters in Silent Hill 3 were created using actors as models.